City of Tshwane unveils new cherry pickers

THE unveiling of 14 of the 100 cherry pickers recently purchased by the City of Tshwane on Tuesday marked a step in the right direction towards building its internal capacity and reducing dependence on private contractors.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

This was the sentiment shared by Mayor Nasiphi Moya, who officiated at the event hosted at Pretorius depot in Pretoria East, where she announced that the metro has decreased expenditure on contracted services by 7%.

“What this means is that we must increase the equipment and the tools of trade that we are purchasing as the city. This is an example that these cherry pickers must be given to officials of the city to drive, and that there are no contractors who come with cherry pickers to work for the city,” she said.

She explained that the city’s current implementation is a hybrid model, combining lease-to-own and direct purchase options.